While overall I fully intend to avoid detailed partisan CAD politics, I still have the need to engage the CAD community on several levels. For whatever reason, although there are…
Author: matt
Reverse Engineering used to be a dirty word, with copy-cats reproducing designs that other people had spent a lot of time developing. But with product development cycles decreasing and development…
Welcome back to the Dezignstuff blog! I thought it was appropriate for my first post returning to independent status would be made on July 4th, Independence Day (in the US).…
So I’m modeling away, building parts for an old bicycle coaster brake hub, because, well, hell, why not, and I’m looking for the Cosmetic Thread feature. I’m still kind of…
I’ll tell you who put the “dumb” in “dumb geometry”: It was someone who only used history-based CAD, that’s who. It must be frustrating to lose ALL of your power…
I’m someone who has written a fair number of “Best Practice” lists. My CAD Administration book in particular was full of recommendations for everything from installing software to surfacing design.…
The re-use of data is one of those huge time savers that we talk about a lot. Doing things faster is great, of course, but the fastest way to do…
Those of you who have been working in design for more than a couple of years, and I’d assume that’s most of you, already know that design is not a…
I assume I’m talking to all the smart kids in class. Just because you’re engineers and designers, well, all that math and science weeded out the rest, right? And of…
A lot of people are finding themselves in the position of looking for a new CAD package these days. The market is stirring itself up, there are new offerings, and…